January 10, 2010 in Delhi Heritage Walks,DHW,Heritage Walks,Lodi Garden,Lodi Garden Heritage Walks | Comments (1)
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Heritage Walk in Lodi Garden, Delhi
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Heritage Walk in Lodi Garden, Delhi
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Heritage Walk in Lodi Garden, Delhi
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Heritage Walk in Lodi Garden, Delhi
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Heritage Walk in Lodi Garden, Delhi
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Heritage Walk in Lodi Garden, Delhi
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Heritage Walk in Lodi Garden, Delhi
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Heritage Walk in Lodi Garden, Delhi
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Heritage Walk in Lodi Garden, Delhi
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Heritage Walk in Lodi Garden, Delhi
This particular heritage walk was unusual. The audience was 9-10 year old kids who had come to Lodi Garden to celebrate their friend, Arhan Vohra’s birthday. Everyone had questions to ask even before the walk started; some had done their homework and collected information about the monuments they were to see. So they often ended up answering each others’ questions…each arguing to defend their own version of the story. Historically correct or not, these kids are rich with imagination. They could see secret passages in corners, palaces & courts in ruins, secret codes in calligraphy…imagination is indeed a wonderful gift. One hopes and wishes that this gift is not lost on their path to adulthood. Everyone admired the decoration in the mosque but was critical of the graffiti left on the walls engraved by lovers, perhaps seeking to immortalize their names. Such a sensibility is admirable. Everyone present promised never to deface monuments. The graves in Shish Gumbad were extremely fascinating: one had a garland around it, probably left by someone wishing to pay respect to the dead; there was a child’s grave too. Next was a story-weaving game based on the heritage walk. The sheer variety of themes woven by these youngsters & the characters they made up is incredible: Lodi kings, their courts, their dancing girls, wars, secret codes, detectives to crack the secret codes, armies, peace, even Gandhi, Sherlock Holmes and Albert Einstein!
(posted by Rajesh Ranjan & Kanika Singh, team members, Delhi Heritage Walks)
Lodi Garden Heritage Walk
December 6, 2009 in Deer Park,Delhi Heritage Walks,DHW,hauz Khas,Hauz Khas Heritage Walks,Heritage Walks | Comments (1)
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heritage walk in hauz khas
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heritage walk in hauz khas
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heritage walk in hauz khas
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heritage walk in hauz khas
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heritage walk in hauz khas
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heritage walk in hauz khas
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heritage walk in hauz khas
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heritage walk in hauz khas
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heritage walk in hauz khas
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heritage walk in hauz khas
It is difficult to imagine a world of medieval monuments just beyond the glamour of boutiques, art galleries and restaurants in Hauz Khas village. The hauz (tank) and the 14th century madrasa are a grand sight even as ruins. Fine examples of Tughlaq architecture, these buildings impress a visitor with their strength. They are simple massive & very austere; thick, sloping walls, massive stone beams and pillars. One of the visitors could not help wondering if they (the residents) were expecting an invasion! The madrasa complex is a double-storied structure with colonnaded halls on the top floor and small cell-like rooms on the lower storey. It is an L-shaped complex, on an edge of the Hauz and Firuz Shah Tughlaq’s tomb is built at the meeting point of the two wings. The tomb is not heavily decorated but it is a massive building. The interior has beautiful plaster work decoration. There are a couple of monuments is the deer park as well, the Kali Gumti and Bagh-i-Alam ka Gumbad. The second is a typical Lodi period tomb, very similar to the ones in Lodi Garden. A combination of ruins among trees, wild shrubs, birds makes a very picturesque view.
(posted by Rajesh Ranjan & Kanika Singh, team members, Delhi Heritage Walks)
Hauz Khas Heritage Walk